IN RE COMMITMENT OF DRAYTON

No. 2D08-2294.

27 So.3d 243 (2010)

In re COMMITMENT OF Dreek DRAYTON. Dreek Drayton, Appellant, v. Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Matthew D. Bernstein, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Julie Waldman, Supervising Attorney, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Gainesville, for Appellee.


CRENSHAW, Judge.

Dreek Drayton appeals the order for his involuntary commitment to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) entered pursuant to section 393.11(8), Florida Statutes (2007). Because the trial court's determination that Drayton "is likely to physically injure others if allowed to remain at liberty" was not supported by competent substantial evidence, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Drayton was charged in 1998 with lewd act...

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